2012 News Releases

Year

Typhoon wreaks havoc on Korea

31/
08/
2012
As the powerful storm Typhoon Bolaven battered South Korea radio amateurs joined the response and recovery efforts to minimise the toll and damage. Read the full story...

All Cameras Ready For This Weekends ATV QSO Party

23/
08/
2012
The ATV QSO party will start on Friday night the 24th August and continue on Saturday morning/afternoon. Read the full story...

2012 RD Contest - A Huge Success

20/
08/
2012
On all accounts the RD was a huge success under the new rules format. Most appreciated was the amount of improved activity across the bands. Propagation was extremely kind with a low noise level on all bands. Read the full story...

All Nine Azores Islands, CU1 Through CU9, Activated At Once

Club grant Scheme News

15/
08/
2012
In June the WIA Board announced the allocation of $6,000 for the current year as the maximum sum to be distributed under this year’s Club Grant Scheme. Read the full story...

Growth continues for the ILLW

15/
08/
2012
With less than two weeks to go, the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend continues to growing in its 15th year. Read the full story...

Floods in the Philippines hit Manilla

12/
08/
2012
The Philippine Amateur Radio Association activated the Ham Emergency Radio Operations (HERO) on two metre and 40 metres passing essential traffic during the recent widespread flooding in Manila. Read the full story...

2012 Remembrance Day Contest - Opening Speech available for broadcast

09/
08/
2012
The audio file for the Opening Speech of the Remembrance Day Contest for 2012 have been released for download. Read the full story...

VK5DGR to receive ARRL Technical Innovation Award

02/
08/
2012
The ARRL Board has awarded the 2012 ARRL Technical Innovation Award to David Rowe VK5DGR for his work on the amateur radio Codec2 low bit rate speech codec. Read the full story...

India blackouts affects millions

01/
08/
2012
In the world's worst blackout in recent times power was cut to 700 million people in India Read the full story...